SOME NEW BOOKS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 728, 29 January 1910, Page 9

SOME NEW BOOKS.

h;>.^ ■K-^-p : r:mancer";- ;By,Stephen :Gwynn:;' «Mac-' :,:.,:,-,.;'...mi11an s: .Colonial "Library. -3s. 6d. : 6dy::f/: : -%iyy/^:-- : X' >X^ ■ '■■;": > trave; : pathetio' figureof r tne: jbung' ■ .: ::lrish-. patriotrwho -planned the -iinhappy ::;-,:: rising in Dublin-Streets in 1803, 'and- paid :;.:■- the;last :penalty : :fprV.its failure, has al- -.,;; ..ways ;been,ah.vattrftctivß'bne.?.Tho'"pure ■.■..■:--.--v / ~deybtwa','aid; ' .caJm/ : T esolntibn'''bf. i -the'-'deli-S':- 7 :.-:,-ca'te;/studious^-ybuth^of:2s:years who was' .-V.-'-'vf-'yai-ah/ ardent -ionthusiasK for freedom won , : ' ■;■'•■;.rjnenV to,/his plans'.. against • thbir.v.bette'r | ::''■: judgment:while.;he'.-lived,.■and'-his : aisih-< -• ':-.':.^^:,terested;.p'asslbn:!:and''the : , , cbm•oge^with , v:,uhichrhe: met' his early doom; have';kept ■■;■•-:■ his; memory bright .and precious for; moro ,:•:,;.-,than; a \ century: : since, ; his : deaflC - 'Mr;- .: v ;;/: Gwynn vihas ;:let/;theV:inbVing"stbry;: tell ;•: : ; >tself;. for the ..most part.;'. He-describes! : ..■•; .the preparatibns-:for: the rising,..the haz- ;,:,...: ardous'business of collecting.and ; storing •.-■•:,; pikes and powder'->iii" the depot on" the ,:•'•/:;. fay. to.;.the. Castle, Which- it was: hoped ~ to /-carry. by, surprise, / the hopes-of'a '■-'■ •': general Irish insurrection;' -tho : accessions' .. of.new.conspirators,;the mishaps and-dis- ■';. .appointments'-'.'- and;"desertions, 'and the ; -• '. nnaLfiasco) aiid .failure, dub; to 'no'-fault '■■ :.,;,. of :;Emmett*s,.. : as. nearly: as possible - as ; ~: -;-...they Occurred: :: Mr. Gwymi, has studied' '-/•:' : 18 . authorities'for facts,',and hbal-' ' ;./.)ows,his ,imagination'to .enter in only, iii :;': . jne ;hb: acknowledges' in' : .j.;;'.':- the..-:notes.'A'Tlie'.inairiesV he. uses'are/,'the ;:.';.: ;flames.'bf. the. real actors' in tlie, ■ :■■"'. -'-': aud : ."Ij hayouse'd little,' inpre imagiilativo j •-.;' license/'/hestates,.."than was conceded- to ;/;/'. histbi'ians.wh'p:.a'ssigned' : to'igeher'als' arid : ;;to;pbliticians.spceches;suitablbtp this' or. -;.;.,ythat•-occasioiii"-'v':Ono ;, learns that;Eriinietts -plot-.was hot,,-as. is. sb':.:ofteri>'as- . -; ■'.- s«med, i ;anXill-considered <i rash.': altenipt :: : // whiclufronv/.the:'first/ had.fiib'.'cliance' of ,' /:":.^ ucc s s s-i,Qn the. contrary;/it :'was'a: well-;' .' 'deyelop'e.d.scheme,.::ciiretully:,.worl;ed.out- (<■■ ''■: ./,;'. from the Castle/authorities;:;uuder'whoso- "■;-.'■;:;. e Ves .Jlie.; preparatious„: t were;:going •; b«; -. , until the •moment,when-..'it;was-,to 'bo: pu t ~/,'/ jn;practice;.,;lt;.was'reiiderea;hopeless: at / : J h . e . :,f«.- Eminctfs Vsubordiuates .- .;.:;failed,.'liim; and betrayed, him: aiid'blun--: ..:,.:: dered,- the armsand .explosives for wliich ...:, he, had-mader'iiigenipus provision- wero ..,'. ..'-Vlost; to him. _ thrpughj-.their; mistakes' and -/,';. treachery, .iich;..meiifwho /hn'd/prbmised /; ;, money: went. • back, /npoh'; thciiv .promises ;:■'■':-:;■' and,in' the//absence.of, their' co-operation of proper; warlilte:supplies whole cbn- .,:/ :,'tingehts of;;e!.pected'helpers drew but at •:-■;. //the last:roomcnt.,,,lh/:;tlieVevent':Eminctt ..A-.//.and only fourteen/Followers'rbdoHbgether ;>■ ,: -to; attack/tho.,Castle, ; -/which'- : was unsus- .:; pectihg "arid"uridefende'd^'aiid'. linist'riave 'V /fallen before a larger./fore'e; '■;^Tlie/'attack /•■/■ <;/ T,'as ; perforce' abaniloued;:/ Emmctt;/-'still' ,:/:-. .undishcartened,' nintle/fbr/ the'.country■ 1b !•"■.•: :;■/: niaturefrish.sohenie.sv:.while', ii; section- of /;'.':: tho.city/rabblo/.mur'defed: "the":most:hu--/Eiane judge in Ireland",/and- performed "-.// other / excesses. -Tlio.- noble -oratory', of ,'•;// 'Eminett's:- last ;'specch,?. : .iii ./whicli' --lie .'•;.■; ~>ieaded/that his/niemory should' bo iei't

iii oblivion,, and his■ tomb remains un- '. inscribed : until .other . times -and.' other ■':■: men: could do justice to his character,' is .quoted from contemporary reports. The final: chapter, .which; tells of Emmett's . death, arid concludes .with almost the only. reflections: of his 1 own—and these: very • brief—which' Mr,; Gwynn permits himself. ;: .thr6ughout-;:thp:story, is.affecting in its '. /beautiful serenity'.and restraint.,: Drai. iriaticinterest is added to the book by the '. sinister character, of Leonard. MacNnlly, " the advocate who kept his reputation as ■ ,a.patriot by defending Irish prisoners '.at ' , the. bar, while .all the time he was be- ; trayihg.'their "secrets .And tho news of Irish ..plots: to,.the '.British Government, ;'; of 'which he,was .the/paid; creature, 'There is /also''the'charhiing idyll of..Emmett J s love ' Culleu,'daughteV'of the famous advocate, whose grief for the . early, fate.of her bo}oved : has.been beau-.| : tifully commemorated by. Thomas Moore. :' "The Settler:';A Taleyof .Saskatchewan." . * -/By./ Ralph, Connor. .' Hodder and' ■ ..U.; : .St6ughtori....3s. ;Gd;'and 2s. Gd.' (Now , ; Zealand Bible, .Tract .and Book So- ;'• ciety.); •.-". ./'.; , '■/: 'The ririnburicoment, of a new story.by "Kalpli Connor." is a .piece'of good news. One .knows beforehand,that ,it:,will con- :; .taiii'/ay/yiyidcy picture.of 'sonie /phase y of ; pione'.eringVlife.:.in.:Ganada;-,that.'its:.tone ; ; will, be -wholesome and- manly,; that.it will deal with'.iip .problems except, the \ problem; how' to .do tho most .'good to ,-• one's•;.fellow-meh, 'and. - that / practical . Christianity, will be \mb forward as the ; solution.-; The intending reader .might be jricHncd'to. bct--if;heydid;not.yfeel ;lbat" in such; a- connection .that mode: of. announcing; a forecast would be inappropri-ater-that there'would be a ."sky-pilot" in the. book. Usually, in' "Ralph Connix's" : novels,, the back-blocks missionary pauon • is:* the ;central figure,-.;but.in i."Tho Settler'," "though-' still,, essential,'/: ho ;, 'is., less prominent,,.'./Opening <\'i'th"ia".series. of ■ happenings .in-.that : 'quartc'r -of the-city I'of AVinnipeg, .where the Galacian and Russian emigi'ants';hord.together in ; sqnalor, thenarrativc qnicklysets religion, decency .education,/aiul.'. law. iriivarray against . Slavonic vengeance-vows,'immorality, ig- • liorance,'and' Nihilism. Kalman Kalmar, ; a .Russian.- lad; is pulled both ways. Tho ■best/inlluences of Canadian life beckon him;. while", his-ancestry.. and ; early en'virorime'nt.'onnfeh./hini.' Life.-.'on' in ranch in;' Saskatchewan,: with a ■ whiskysoiled'hero; for his master, and the in-, eyitablo ."sky-pilot" for 'his counsellor, is; the/means of; making-the young Slav a ..Canadian, a..Christian, and a man. , His...father '.is >a' Nihilist., leader,- who. ■ shakes' brief'/but fateful appearances.in ■ /the; story "to. execute vengeance .'upon.:'a scoundrel-who has: deeply wronged hirii arid.betrayed ."the/cause.". While in prison, a sentence of, fourteen ■years, for.; .tho attempted : murder, of his; enemy.;, he causes '.hisyson ■ Kalman :to swear, dn,;the crucifix that,' ; if tie father, rails,.;'.the'fson', will: take 'up the task of ' retribution..; Headers may-discover for themselves, how this shadow is. lifted from . the /youth's -life. ~-" .Aftor . tragic . events/andi sombre,' scenes,- the story ends happily:/Its''lovo" interest' is presentedwith ' delicacy and charm. Its. pictures of life .in "the ;big Dominion aro-at-onco" . reaUsticy arid/hopeful./. The characters .are . convincingly,/and/often; humorously, ilrawiij and it forms' as;a/whole a: power-' ful : exposition of'the -doctrine, that $.' living: Christianity is .the most effective -the--transformation : of masses of; foreign-immigrants .into' good .Cana;dian3.:r:.:/-.;; ;;■;:;/ // /. ~//■;_/,' ■/:;/,'-/: ,- .."Kitty.. -Aubr'ey,"-'yby/Katherihe/ Tynan. I.;;;LondonV'.Hddder-and' Stoughtori. Wel- : -> ; lington: Whitco'iribeand Tombs.- 2s. ;'-;;..;-6d. ; .Mid,;;3s'/-;Gd;r'.'.":- ;-y,/■'•■■■ •.:■'.,■ .i.Onoilcan:;,;always be sure, of a.'fresh, wh'olesbmo'fan'd'. interesting' book when one piqks;ip;'orie.;writtcn by Katherine Tynan. A/wide; dir/olo'j of : .readers -was left lament-; irig i-wheiViEdsa, Nouohette 'Carey' died; bnt/'t&y/'wilt in all. probability..' make Katherine'Tynan, her successor. in : their- : affections;'- for/there is much of the.same .'outlook/on/life,; the'■ same,.love of'good-: npssi'that is'riot above common use, ,and i'th'efsami'vabhpiTenceof everything that is' wholesome.. In "Kitty 'A'ribfe'y' /we/have" the \ story: of. a medical Awpraani'i.capable, ; tenderhearted,./ strong and,;clever,:-;h'pw ■ she wins back.for her 'father/the-love ihe had forfeited frohr-h'is, /la'tKefvbKJmaiTying years ago ;against ; 3jissrishes;}andi:h'ow! she works and sue-' :.ceeds: in.- heiVrprofessibn: /Katherine. Tynan 'does':;not:-:believe;-Mn:'vlimiting woman's •:fiel4Vof?.wbVlc;;'inl,Hfe.',tUrougU, the fear .Troll-■'•lireal!ffi';trobks%fin6;iwill.4p,»--3ier~gentle>' '.ie'sS : - : be'rome'iiricapable .ob-findingifbappiuess- in e) iafttrwaTas,;;;or,;:sKq,swould ; nbj;;:lmye'-writtenr,suohj,^stey^ \"Tbe?invirieibie ; :,;Lond6n:' Metlmen's Colofji.^'nial.Library/ 'Wellington-.'Whitcombe ';'?'and.,Tombs.', 2s. 6d. : and 3s. Gd. ■■':,' v '-:' "The- Invincible Amelia" is; avfantas-,tic-story,:of ~a': to-:London : : : in 'searchf,:of.. adventure;';arid: fortune, both of '■■ which were greatly lack-ing-in-.her.life.; Adopted by a rich.uncle she-'and' lier sister, were.left .without a penny on-his ; death, ;.and.\wo\ild. ■ j havp, been:' in - a', soniewhai: distressing -'plight; aunt; in the .country; the rescue.and taken them to .her home. The 'quietness-of...the life- 'and'".'-.the-strictness with;which her.aunt ruled tho house were too..mtfcK .for-;Arhelia, and she'broke, away 'from r -:it,' ; after.-;borrowing ■[£■ few;pbunds;.from :her:,sister;;,de.to'r'mined. 'pVsitionXand-.fortune irl'i^Ho:i*ci!ty>,;,'l?rom-. -vtljp'Mvyery-;.bjitset startling : thihgs happeriiviand-xontinue to 'do"so right through;:the!,,bbbk I .'^lhiluen-. tial friends, rally to her.rescue,;at;:every : difficult^moment,/and precarious ; situa-,

tidns' are. continually} following 'bne.-:..ah-other/.,,-3?or. a girlbwitli no\_nioney.; and lio 'profession or /work .for winch (she. was &tted, : ;.'sliß ilbes imaryeHoiisly'-weH. -Towards the;,end/of/ the took:she becomes rather f.weary;.of ;her';independence, ...and

.the: uncertainties; of'life,'./and/looks : with' ' a.: more kindly'eye. lipoii' ..her'" faithful. loVer, : «Ten scorning/millions for his sake. i: , Mr./ Edward, Hutton-, has', now finished the'-herculean'task: of .editing and. annotating Crowe' and Cavalcasello's "History ;• of ' Italian Painting." ■-. Tho work has been enormous,. involving tho consultation and quotation.of some' four", or -five thousand ! ' books, -essays; ■'■ reviews, / and bollettini.